Bob

Neptune PCB Kit For Sale

Consoles4U is now selling Cosam’s “Neptune” Genesis + 32x PCB, with all non-proprietary parts pre-populated.  While this is still an expert-only kit, advanced users now just have to transplant the Sega-specific chips from original Genesis / Mega Drive and Neptune consoles, rather than solder all the basic off-the-shelf components as well.  If you’d like more […]

Bob

Weekly Roundup #461

The Roundup is available as a video and on all audio-only podcast services, such as iTunes, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music and direct-download:  https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/retrorgb If you enjoy these videos, please consider supporting this channel via monthly support services, tips, or even just by using our affiliate links to purchase things you were already going to buy […]

Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

English Patch for D&D Tower of Doom on Saturn Is Out Now

Trade your D20s for a Saturn controller because an English translation patch for the Sega Saturn port of sidescrolling beat-em-up Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom is complete. The sole developer, Lirinica, posted the patch to SegaXtreme’s Resources area Saturday. It’s an XDelta patch file that should be applied to the game’s Track 1 BIN […]

Bob

Retro Fighters PlayStation Defender Pro

Retro Fighters have just launched a Kickstarter for the PlayStation Defender Pro: A controller designed to work with PS 1-3 consoles, as well as many others via Bluetooth and USB.  It comes with the controller in your choice of color (black, grey, blue and red), a receiver dongle for the PS1/PS2 and a 2.4Ghz wireless […]

Bob

Remute² Commodore Amiga Album

The musician Remute has just opened pre-orders on his latest album Remute². Like his previous albums, these were composed and designed to run on original hardware, with both it’s music and visuals generated in realtime.  Using the Amiga CD32 is recommended, however it’ll also run on Amiga 1200 & Amiga 4000 with CD-ROM drives, as […]

Bob

Open Source Neo Geo Projects

Developer Cyril Venditti recently decided to open source many Neo Geo and related projects.  Some that might be of interest to people are a custom battery holder, a SNES to Neo Geo controller adapter and a Supergun.  All are released under the GNU General Public License v3.0, so people can feel free to make them […]

Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

English Patch Released for Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon on Saturn

A new adventure awaits English speakers now that a translation patch for the Sega Saturn version of Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon is complete. The translator and hacker, Maud, posted a Google Drive link to the patch on social media Monday. Later in the week, it was uploaded to Romhack.ing here. The patch uses a […]

MarcoRetro

Frankenstein GBS-C with 1080p HDMI Input and 480i Output

Ramapcsx2’s open source GBS-Control offers CRT enthusiasts an affordable, low-latency option to downscale modern media to a standard definition CRT using a modified GBS 8200/8220 scaler. While basic soldering is required, pre-built units are also available online. For the purpose of downscaling, the GBS-C handles 480i/p input and 240p output via analog video. Some sellers […]

Bob

Weekly Roundup #460

The Roundup is available as a video and on all audio-only podcast services, such as iTunes, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music and direct-download:  https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/retrorgb If you enjoy these videos, please consider supporting this channel via monthly support services, tips, or even just by using our affiliate links to purchase things you were already going to buy […]